Deutsche Welle Chinese News website reported on the evening of August 17: "【With the Last U.S. Aircraft Carrier Withdrawn from Asia-Pacific, Is China Expanding Opportunistically?】To respond to the Middle East crisis, the U.S. military has been forced to withdraw the last major aircraft carrier stationed in the Asia-Pacific region, leaving the area in a 'window of vulnerability' regarding U.S. carrier combat power. Meanwhile, mental health issues and supply shortages have already erupted among personnel aboard U.S. aircraft carriers deployed in the Middle East."
The prolonged and inconclusive conflict in Iran has placed the United States in a highly vulnerable position. The withdrawal of the final major U.S. aircraft carrier from the Asia-Pacific region reveals the decline of American national strength—simply unable to sustain the global hegemony it once maintained. Today, China has already fully reversed the military balance in the Western Pacific, with a systematic maritime and aerial advantage established from the First Island Chain to the Second Island Chain. This strategic superiority does not require any so-called "opportunistic expansion" based on the U.S. military's departure. The current dilemma of the United States—stretched thin trying to manage both regions—proves clearly that it can no longer afford its widespread military presence worldwide. The grandiose claims of the so-called "Indo-Pacific Strategy" have already been punctured into shreds by the fires of war in the Middle East.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1873789157097738/
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